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Irish online market spend worth €4.1 billion
Retail Ireland - part of employers group IBEC - says retailers are now focusing more on their online operations. In its online retailing survey, Retail Ireland says the Irish online market spend is €4.1 billion and this is predicted to grow to €21 billion by 2017. But it also says there are barriers to this expansion like delivery costs, set-up costs, poor broadband speeds and a lack ...
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Govt to announce €7m science research investment
Almost €7 million in funding for 62 early stage scientific research projects is to be announced by the Government. The funding is being targeted at projects which may have a commercial benefit with further development. The investment is being made as part of Science Foundation Ireland's Technology Innovation Development Award programme. It is also being carried out in collaboration ...
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Taoiseach to meet Greek PM in Athens
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Athens today to meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The two men are expected to discuss the economic situation in the eurozone, as well as negotiations on the EU's seven-year budget. Greece will take over the rotating EU presidency at the beginning of next year. Mr Kenny will also meet representatives of the Greek business community during his ...
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LE Aoife rescues Norwegian couple off coast of Cork
A Norwegian couple are recovering in West Cork after spending three days stranded in raging seas off the Irish coast.The couple in their 60's were unable to issue a May Day alert after their 10 metre boat - Alice II - was damaged in stormy conditions.They were eventually spotted by a French trawler, who brought them in contact with the Naval vessel the LE Aoife. The couple last night paid ...
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SIPTU executive to discuss new Croke Park 2 deal
The National Executive of SIPTU will meet today to discuss the proposals that emerged from the Labour Relations Commission on the Croke Park 2 deal earlier this week.The union's 63,000 members rejected the initial proposals last month to cut premium pay, increase hours, and cut pay for those earning over EUR65,000.The latest set of proposals will now be studied to ensure they suit ...
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Britain steps up security after soldier killed in London attack
British military have been ordered to step up security dramatically following yesterday's brutal attack in southeast London in which a soldier was killed and partially decapitated by two machete-wielding ...
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It’s a dog’s life – but not for our Walter
Last Sunday, my wife decided to pack me, Liam and Walter into the car and head to the beach. Summer was making one of its occasional, fleeting passes through Ireland, and she thought we should take advantage of the sunshine while we ...
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Donegal man on multiple murder charge over IRA Hyde Park bombing
A Donegal man has been charged with murdering four British soldiers over 30 years ago in one of the most notorious IRA atrocities of the ...
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The world’s wealthy ‘could be hiding €707 billion in Ireland’
THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST people could have over EUR700 billion hidden from international tax authorities - keeping it shielded in Irish financial institutions. That's according to Oxfam Ireland, which has warned that the new focus on corporate tax avoidance should not distract from the methods used by wealthy individuals to avoid income tax payments. The charity says wealthy ...
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Man is shot in the legs in west Belfast
He was hit in both legs and both ankles. The attack happened at Creeslough Gardens in the Lenadoon area at about 11pm on Tuesday.Detectives at Grosvenor Road have appealed for anyone with information to come ...
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Donegal Township supervisors vote down county transportation funding ordinance
At its recent public meeting, Donegal Township's board of supervisors voted down a resolution requested for adoption by Westmoreland County's board of commissioners in support of the commissioners' pursuit of increased transportation ...
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World Briefing | Europe Ireland Man Held in 1982 Attack on Queens Cavalry
British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the 1982 I. R. A. attack on the ...
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Taoiseach conducts formal talks with tobacco indstry
Taoiseach Enda Kenny received a delegation of senior tobacco industry figures in Government Buildings a fortnight ago, the first time any Taoiseach has conducted formal talks with the ...
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Opposition says questions remain about information on Wallace ‘ticking-off’
There was renewed criticism yesterday of the commissioner passing on the information, of Mr Shatter's decision to disclose the private information on national television and of the treatment of two Garda whistle-blowers who alleged irregularities in how penalty points were ...
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Research is a key area for job growth
The European Commission's Innovation Union 2010 sets a clear target of an extra million researchers in Europe by 2020 if the EU is to meet research investment ...
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Religious control of schools is neither tolerant nor inclusive
"I am still baffled at the inertia shown with regard to removing the education of so many of our children from the control of the Catholic church." Photograph: Scott Smith/Getty ...
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Constructing the life as lived by our ancient forebears
Have you ever tried digging a hole with a stick? Or chopping down a tree with a stone axe? How about living on porridge for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a month? Reading about the way people lived in Stone Age and Mesolithic (10000-5000 BC) times gives only a very limited understanding of how things were in the distant past. Actually recreating everyday life introduces a sense of empathy and ...
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Irishman John downey remanded on Hyde Park bomb charge
Dead horses covered up and wrecked cars at the scene of carnage in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, after an IRA bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry was passing. John Anthony Downey, 61, has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the ...
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Analysis Aftermath of Apple disclosure difficult for Irish presidency
It was an uncomfortable day for the Irish presidency of the European Council. Ireland's corporate tax rate has long been a source of friction in its otherwise harmonious relationship with Europe. When Ireland first assumed the rotating presidency in January, the tax question had threatened to spill on to the European political agenda. Michael Noonan's first finance ministers' ...
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David Miliband warns that British weakness in Europe could hold back Ireland
"On a whole range of issues where Britain and Ireland have common interests and common cause, we get left behind. This is the more serious ...
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Dublin City Council discriminating against Wicklow residents TD claims
Simon Harris said the council was showing less concern for the people of Wicklow than it would for people in Dublin if they were affected. He called on Minister for the ...
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Gilmore expresses confidence in Minister for Justice
Mr Gilmore said he had made a statement to the Dil and responded to questions. "He has apologised and has said he was sorry. And frankly I think you should accept that," he said to Mr ...
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Plans welcomed for diverse Easter Rising centenary commemoration
There was sharp criticism of the manner in which the State marked the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966 during a debate on centenary ...
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Burton to make births deaths and marriages accessible online for first time
Details of births, deaths and marriages will be accessible online for the first time as a result of legislative changes introduced by Minister for Social Protection Joan ...
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Only political insiders would mourn the passing of the Seanad
The Dil chamber. "A reformed Dil both can and should perform all of the roles of the Seanad more effectively and more cheaply." Photograph: Alan ...
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Is Ireland living beyond its means?
Ireland is highly developed and has experienced rapid and constant economic growth in the last few decades, with many calling the country the Celtic Tiger. But recent events in the world economy and the financial situation of Europe may mean changes are afoot for the Tiger.
Ireland is one of the most developed countries in the world and has a high tax high government service economic model, it has for the last few decades substantially reduced the socio-economic inequalities in the economy and had a Gini coefficient score of 30.1 in 2000 while The Economist says we have the best quality of life in the world. This has come at a cost though, government deficits are running at over 10% of GDP, public debt accounts for over 40% of all revenue generated in the economy and the Irish population has a debt level, in relation to disposable income, that is the highest in the developed world – our personal debt in 190% more than our disposable income. All this begs the question, are we living within our means or is Ireland’s economic model unsustainable? Read more
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